The War on Christians ...

[Dave Monroe]

Fundamentalist religions are, by definition, by
choice, the single most undemocratic insititutions on
this planet, if not the single most undemocratic
institutions possible, authorizing themselves by the
unassailable word of perhaps-to-likely nonexistent,
and certainly, at any rate, unelected beings.

Similarly, perhaps, with science, except science
ostensibly does without that ultimate being, if not
perhaps the unassailable (?) statements of
mathematics.

However, every time I read something about
Creationism, Creation Science, Intelligent Design,
whatever, nigh unto inevitably cite polls claiming
that fortysomething to fiftysomething percent of the
population of These Here You Knighted States actually
believe in this crap, not to mention angels, UFOs,
whatever, making what I take to be the implicit claim
that, hey, maybe science, or, at very least, the
teaching thereof, should be democratized. So maybe you
can see the contradiction(s) here ...

At any rate, Merry Christmas, Happy Hannukah, Kickin'
Kwanzaa, Rockin' Ramadan, whatever ...


	
		
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